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hub — A wrapper for Git that adds commands for working with GitHub-based projects. If set up as instructed

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Problem

How to use the hub command: A wrapper for Git that adds commands for working with GitHub-based projects. If set up as instructed by hub alias, one can use git to run hub commands. More information: <https://hub.github.com/hub.1.html>.

Solution

hub — A wrapper for Git that adds commands for working with GitHub-based projects. If set up as instructed by hub alias, one can use git to run hub commands. More information: <https://hub.github.com/hub.1.html>.

Clone a repository using its slug (owners can omit the username):

hub clone {{username}}/{{repo_name}}

Create a fork of the current repository (cloned from another user) under your GitHub profile:

hub fork

Push the current local branch to GitHub and create a PR for it in the original repository:

hub push {{remote_name}} && hub pull-request

Create a PR of the current (already pushed) branch, reusing the message from the first commit:

hub pull-request --no-edit

Create a new branch with the contents of a pull request and switch to it:

hub pr checkout {{pr_number}}

Upload the current (local-only) repository to your GitHub account:

hub create

Fetch Git objects from upstream and update local branches:

hub sync

Code Snippets

Clone a repository using its slug (owners can omit the username)

hub clone {{username}}/{{repo_name}}

Create a fork of the current repository (cloned from another user) under your GitHub profile

hub fork

Push the current local branch to GitHub and create a PR for it in the original repository

hub push {{remote_name}} && hub pull-request

Create a PR of the current (already pushed) branch, reusing the message from the first commit

hub pull-request --no-edit

Create a new branch with the contents of a pull request and switch to it

hub pr checkout {{pr_number}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/hub

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